background
n. 出身,背景; 底色; 幕後; 背景音
Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
Moulded by his background, he could not escape the traditional role of strict father...
受成長環境的影響,他擺脫不了嚴父的傳統角色。
She came from a working-class background...
她出身於工人家庭。
The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it.
The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy...
目前的問題是在國家經濟岌岌可危的背景下出現的。
The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence.
這次會議是在政治暴力連續不斷的背景下召開的。
The background is sounds, such as music, which you can hear but which you are not listening to with your full attention.
I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background...
我不斷聽到隱約的鼓掌聲。
...police sirens wailing in the background...
隱約傳來的警笛呼嘯聲。
You can use background to refer to the things in a picture or scene that are less noticeable or important than the main things or people in it.
...roses patterned on a blue background...
藍底上的玫瑰花樣
Paint the background tones lighter and the colours cooler.
將背景色調塗淡一點,顏色偏冷一些。
1. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training;
2. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
3. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;
4. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;
5. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;
6. the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
7. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
8. scenery hung at back of stage
1. understate the importance or quality of;
She has a lot of power, but likes to remain in the background.
她掌握不少權力, 但喜歡退居幕後.
He had learnt how to melt invisibly into the background.
他已經學會如何退居幕後.
Her dress has pink flowers on a white background.
她的衣服白底子上有粉紅花朵.
The book's cover has white lettering on a blue background.
本書封面為藍底白字.
She has a background in child psychology.
她受過兒童心理學的教育.